Garment-sacking apparatus



k o. N. ECKBURG GARMENT SAGKING APPARATUS April 30, 1929.

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GARMENT SACKING APPARATUS Filed March 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 o-NEcFrbur;

' I a, a Mom I Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,710,867 PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER N. EGKBUBG, OF AMBOY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB- O13 ONE-HALF TO RALPH FANELLI, OF AMBOY, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-SAGKING APPARATUS.

Application filed March 6, 1928. Serial No. 259,585.

This invention relates to store furniture and more particularly to a sacking apparatus by means of which protecting sacks or en \elopes may be applied to suits and other garments in order to protect them from dust while waiting to be delivered.

At the present time it is customary for a tailor or cleaner to place a suit or coat upon a hanger after it has been repaired or cleaned and cover it with a large sack or envelope open at its lower end and having its upper end formed with an opening through which a supporting hook of the hanger extends so that the hook may be engaged with a rail or bar and the garment suspended beneath the bar until called for or: delivered to a customer. The sacks or bags employed for this purpose and especially those used upon overcoats are of such length that they cannot be easily set in place about the garment and, therefore, one object of the invention is to provide an apparatus by means of which the sacks may be suspended in an elevated position and then moved downwardly into position about a garment suspended beneath the open lower end of the sack. i

Another object of the invention is to guide movement of the sackwhile moving into and out of position to envelop a garment and also to cause the hook of a garment hanger to be guided outwardly through the small opening in the topof the sack so that the hook may be easily grasped in order to remove the garment after the sack is in place and transfer it to the supporting rail "from which it suspcmled until delivered to the customer.

Another object of the invention is to provide the apparatus with sack holders so connected with each other that when one carrying; a such is moved downwardly into position to dispose the sack about a garment suspended beneath 1t the other sack holder will be moved upwardly to draw another sack upwurdly into position to have a suit or other garment disposed beneath it in position for sari-ting and thereby allow a number of garments to have protecting sacks quickly applied to them. Another object otflhe invention is to allow the device to be employedtogether with a supporting standard or the standard omitted and a cross bar carrledby thestandard secured to a ceiling or other overhead support.

Another object of the invention is to per mit the standard to be vertically adjusted so that it may be conveniently operated and to provide the standard with means for carrymg a supply oi sacks so that they may be conveniently reached when the apparatus is in use...

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a view showing the improved sacking apparatus .in front elevation a sack carriedby one of the sack holders being indicated by dotted lines;

Fig. 2 a side elevation of the improved sacking.apparatus; V i

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing a portion of i the standard and partially in elevation; a

F 'g. 4 a transverse sectional view through the standard taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. Land t Fig. 5. is a view in elevation illustrating a modified form of sacking apparatus.

The improved sacking apparatus includes a standard having a tubular lower portion 1 which projects upwardly from a base 2 formed with fastener receiving openings 3 so that it may be firmly secured upon afloor or other support. tion 4, which is preferably a solid bar although it may consist of atubc, is slidably received in the hollow lower standard section 1 so that it may be vertically adjusted and a The upper standard secset screw 5 is provided so that the upper standard section may be securely-but releasahly held in a set position. A collar 6 fits loosely about the upper standard section and rests upon the'upper end of the lower standard section. This collar which may be providediwith a set screw to retain it stationary, if so desired, carries arms 7 which project radially from the colla'rfand are intended to carry a. supply oifsacks. By this arrangement the supply of sacks willbe conveniently lo- 'ated where they may be quickly reached by the operator of the apparatus.

At its upper end the standard section 4 is threaded into a socket 8 carried by a cross bar or head 9. This cross bar projects horizontally from opposite sides of the standard and from its upper edge projects a flange 10 having sockets 11 adjacent its ends. Arms 12 which-depend from the flange 1O haveitheir upper ends screwed into the sockets 11 andat the r lowerends the arms are provided with hooks 1-Star engagement bythc usual books provided upon coat hangers of a conventional construction. The arms are oi such length that the books at their lower ends will project downwardly beneath garnientenveloping sacks and, therefore, when a sack of the greatest length is disposed about one ol the arms and drawn upi and] y the hook of a garment hanger may be readily engaged with the hook at the lower end oi the arm.

.[a order to engage the sacks andv move them u iwardly and ilownwardly into and out of position to en velop garment s suspended upon the arms, there has been provided clamps lfl: which are slidable longitudinally upon the arms. lhese clamps are of a. duplicate construction and each includes jaws which are disposed at OPPOtlllO sides of its cooperatii'ig arm and connected by handles 16 between which the arm extends, as shown in Fig. 2. Springs 17 are employed to yieldably retain the jaws closed, and it will be readily seen that, when the handles are pressed toward each other, the 'jaws will be opened so that asacl; may be moved up wardly upon the lower end portion of an arm with the arm extending through the opening in the top of the sack and portions of the sack at opposite sides of the arm gripped by the jaws. Flexible strands 18 which may be light chains or strong cords extend across the crosshead. and have their end portions threaded through. eyes lQearried by the arms adjacent their upper ends and their end portions are extended douulwardly and secured in openings or eyes formed in the upper ends of the handles 16. It will thus be seen that the two clamps will be so (iOl'lllUCtBd to each other that, when one is moved downwardly along its arm, the other will be drawn up wardly. Pull chains 20 are provided so that the clamps may be easily drawn downwardly from. an elevated position. The structure shown in Fig. 5 is identical with that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the standard is omitted and the crosshead is secured to beams of a ceiling or other suitable overhead support by screws or equivalent fasteners 21.

When the apparatus is in use, the cross head may be secured to a ceiling or other overhead support or it the standard. employed the set screw 5inay be released. and atter the upper standard section has been vertically adjusted to dispose the crosshead at the desired, height the set screw again tightened. A supply of sacks are placed upon the arms 7 and are removed one at a time, care being taken to select a sack of the proper length according to whether a short garment, such as a suit, or a long garn'ient, such as an overcoat,is to be covered. After a sack has been engaged with a clainpadjacent the lower end of its cooperating arm the other clamp is drawn downwardly through the medium of its pull chain 20. thereby drawing the first clamp and the sack carried thereby upwardly.

lVhen the sack is in the elevated POSltlOl'l, the hook at the lower end of the arm extends downwardly below the saclr and, therefore, the hook of a garment hanger may be easily engaged with the hook of the arm. It should be noted that the arm extends longitudinally through the sack thereby retaining the sack in its proper position and guiding longitudinal movement thcreol". After the garment has been. susprinlcd bencal h the elevated sack, another sack removed :lfrom one of the arms 7 and engaged with the clamp which has been drawn downwardly. The pull chain of the first clamp is then grasped and drawn upon' This arises the lirst. clamp and the sack carried thereby to be moved downwardly and the secondv clamp and the such carried thereby [0 be drawn upwardly. As the sack moves downwardly, it will be disposed about the garment suspended from the arm in enveloping relation thereto and when the clamp has been drawn downwardly as far as possible and its handle moved to open the aws the sack will drop into proper position about the garment with the hook ot the garment hanger projecting n] )'i\'ardly through the opening in the top of the sack. The garment can then be easily lifted from the lower end of the arm from which it is SllSl'lQlltlQil and transferred to a hanger bar or other frame from which it will be suspended until called for or delivered to a customer-L 't will thus be seen that a sack may be easily and quickly applied to a garment and that, while one sack is moved dow'invardly into place about a garment, another will be drawn upwardly into position to have a garment suspended beneath it.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A garment sacking device comprising vertically disposed guides having their lower ends adapted to be engaged. by garment hangers, sack carriers slidahle longitudinally oi said guides, and means connecting said carriers to effect upward movement of one while the other is movin downwardly whereby a such may be. drawn upwardly into position for use while another is lowered into enveloping relation to a garment suspended beneath the cooperating guide.

2. A garment sacking device con'iprisiug independent sack holders adapted to engage sacks open at their lower ends and support the same, means whereby garments only be supported below the sack holders, and means to simultaneously etlcct upward movement of one sack holder and downward movement of the other sack holder whereby a sack may be moved into position for use while another is lowered into enveloping relation to a garment.

3. A garment sacking device comprising vertically disposed guides having their lower ends adapted to be engaged by garment hang ill) llltl ill) ers, sack carriers slidahlc longitudinally of said guides, and flexible elements connecting said sacl; carriers whereby when one is drawn downwardly to dispose a sack in enveloping relation to a garment supported beneath the cooperating guide and another sack carried by the other such carrier moved upwardly into position for use.

at. A. garment sacking device comprising vertically disposed guides having their lower ends adapted to be engaged by garment hangers, sack holdersdisposed about said guides and slidahle vertically thereon and each provided with such engaging means at opposite sides of its cooperating guide, and means to sinuiltaneously efl'ect upward movement of one such holder and downwardmovement or the other sack holder whereby a sack may be moved into position for use while another is lowered into enveloping relation to a garment.

5. A garment sacking device comprising vertically disposed guides having their lower ends adapted to be engaged by garment hangers, sack holders disposed about said guides and slidable vertically thereon. and each provided with sack engaging means at opposite sides of its cooperating guide, eyes adjacent the upper ends of said guides, and flexible members passed through said eyes and engaged with said sack holders whereby when one is drawn downwardly to dispose a sack in enveloping relation to a garment supported beneath thecooperating guide and another sack carried by the other such carrier moved upwardly into position for use.

6. A garment sacking device comprising an overhead support, arms depending therefrom in spaced relation to each other and adapted to have garment hangers suspended from their lower ends, sack holders slidable longitudinally upon said arms, and means connecting said sack holders to etlect simultaneous movement of the sack holders in opposite directions.

7. A garment sacking device comprising an overhead support, arms depending therefrom in spaced relation to each other and adapted to have garment hangers suspended from their lower ends, sack holders fitting loosely upon said arms and slidable vertically thereon, the sack holders having sack engaging aws at opposite sides of their respective cmiperating arms, and l'neans con- .necting said sacl; holders to cltect simultaneous movement of the sack holders in opposite directions.

8. A garment sacking device comprising an overhead support, arms depending therefrom in spaced relation to each other and adapted to have garment hangers suspended from their lower ends, sack holders fitting loosely upon saidarms and slidable vertically thereon, the sack holders having sack engaging jaws at opposite sides of their respective cooperating arms, guides adjacent the upper ends otsaul arms, and flexible means passed through said guides and secured to said sack holders whereby one sack holder will be to. simultan-eouslyactuate the same,guides adjacent the upper ends of said arms, and flexible members slidably engaged with said guides and having their end portions extended downwardly and secured to the handles of said sack holders.

.posite sides oi the arm connecting the jaws 10. A. garment sacking device comprising i on overhiad support, arms depending therefrom in. spaced relation to each other and adapted to have garment hangers suspended tromtlmir lower ends, sackholders fitting loosely upon said arms and slidable vertically thereon, the sack holders each having sack engaging jaws at opposite sides of its c0- operating arm and actuating handles at 0pposite sides of the arm connecting the jaws to simultaneously actuate the same, means yieldably retaining the jaws closed guides carried by said arms, flexible members slidahly engaged with said guides and having their ends securedto thehandles of said aws, and means carried by saidaws and depending therefrom to facilitate drawing the same dmvnwardly. i l V 11. A garn'ient sacking device comprising a standard to rest upon a floor, a erosshead car ried by said standard, arms depending from said crosshead, sackholders slidable vertically upon said arms, the lower ends of said arms being adapted tohave garment hangers suspended therefrom, and means connecting said sack holders to efiect simultaneous movement thereof in oppositedirections. I 12. A garment sacking device comprising a standard having a lower section to rest upon the floor and an upper section slidable vertically into and out of the lower section, means to releasably secure the upper section in a set position, a crossheadcarried by the upper section, arms depending from said crosshead and having their lower ends adapted to be engaged by garment hangers, sack holders slidable vertically upon said arms and connected to effect simultaneous movement thereof in opposite directions, and means to hold a sup ply 0t sacks carriedby said standard. i r i 13. A garment sacking device comprising a standard havin a lower section to rest upon the floor mia upper section slidable vertically into andout of the lower section, means to releasably secure the upper section in a set position, a crosshead carried by the upper section, arms depending from said crosshead and having their lower ends adapted to be engaged by garment hangers, sack holders slidable vertically upon said arms and connected to effect simultaneous movement thereof inopposite directions, a collar upon said upper section resting upon the lower sectiou, and arms projecting from said collar and adapted to carry a supply of sacks.

1 L- A garment sacking device comprising a standard to rest upon a floor, a crosshead carried by said standard and provided with a horizontal flange, arms depending fro1n,,the end portions of said flange and having their lower ends adapted to be engaged by garment hangers, and sack holders slidable vertically upon said arms and connected to eil'ect simultaneous movement thereof in opposite directions upon the arms.

15. A sacking device comprising independent sack holders adapted to engage openended sacks, means whereby articles to be sacked may be supported in operative relation to the open ends of the sacks, and means to effect movement of the sack holders in opposite directions whereby one sack may he moved into position for use While another is moved into enveloping relation to an article.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

OLIVER N. EGKBURG. [1 5.] 

